The Gympie nurse lost her appeal against a Queensland Health review, which dismissed allegations of bullying, coercion and corruption following a tussle over overpaid wages
A battery store worker who was sacked for allegedly masturbating at work has lost his discrimination case despite his claim he was just scratching a rash .
Daniel Whipps was working alone at Battery Store Australia s Townsville warehouse in October 2018 when CCTV caught him with his shorts partly pulled down, one hand holding a mobile phone, and the other down his pants.
He was later fired but sued for discrimination in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission demanding lost wages and compensation - which found any employee would have been treated the same way.
Daniel Whipps had his discrimination case heard by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission this week after he was fired for allegedly masturbating at work (stock image)
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The Gympie Regional Council had no shortage of tough issues in 2020 and it will be more of the same this year.
These are nine of the biggest decisions they will face over the next 12 months.
1. Belgravia
The decision to award management of the region’s public pools to a Victorian company in 2016 was controversial at the time. Belgravia Leisure’s contract to manage the region’s pools will expire this year.
This contract will expire in May, leaving the new council to decide whether to bring Belgravia back or establish a new structure for managing its pools across Gympie.
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IPSWICH City Council is set to put the call out for female truck drivers after being granted an exemption under the Anti-Discrimination Act.
In what it refers to as an effort to improve gender diversity, the council previously advised it would seek the exemption in order to advertise for female applicants for waste truck driver roles.
There is only one female driver out of about 50 full-time waste truck drivers at the moment.
Council submitted to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) to seek an exemption late last year.
The submission stated that there are often socio-economic barriers faced by women seeking to meet the heavy rigid (HR) licence prerequisite as there are significant costs involved in obtaining the licence including specialised lessons, the cost of the licence itself and the time involved for the lessons.